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The Breeding of the Red Locust in Captivity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

F. O. Albrecht
Affiliation:
International Red Locust Control Service, Abercorn, N. Rhodesia.

Extract

Considerable difficulties have been experienced in the past in keeping adults of the Red Locust, Nomadacris septemfasciata (Serv.), alive in cages for any length of time. No satisfactory explanation as to why they die in captivity has so far been given (Hamilton, 1936).

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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